Marquis Wei Wen died, and his son ascended the throne. Wang Pu, who got the news, moved slightly in his heart, and then asked the secret guard next to him: "Wei Wenhou has passed away, and your plan should be able to be implemented." ”

"Your Majesty, you're ready." The secret guard said: "After all these years of subtle influence on Wei Qi, he is very wary and disgusted with Wu Qi, as long as we seize the opportunity, we can push the boat down the river, and make him suspicious of Wu Qi." ”

"Wu Qi is in a high position in the Wei State, and he controls half of the Wei soldiers in the Wei State, if he is suspicious, it is a dead end, and Wu Qi is not a foolish and loyal person, and he will definitely flee the Wei State."

"Are those public office children who are studying by Wu Qi's side sure?" Wang Pu continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to say that I am ten percent sure, but there are still more than eighty percent."

"In that case, let's go and prepare!" Wang Pu said.

Wei State, Wei Zheng, who has just ascended the throne, can be described as high-spirited.

Almost all the princes sent envoys to congratulate Wei on his ascension to the throne. Even the State of Qin, which was already a mortal enemy of the State of Wei, sent people.

Such a grand occasion was only available to Jin Wen Qihuan back then. And all this was achieved at the beginning of his reign.

Wei Zhen can be said to be complacent, and even Zhou Tianzi sent people to congratulate him and canonize him as his uncle. It can be said that the lifelong pursuit of many princes has been reached by him as soon as he ascended the throne.

A pride of dominating the world rose from his breast.

Of course, in addition to these happy things, there are also some things that make him a little unhappy.

For example, his father asked Li Kui, Zhai Huang, and Wu Qi to be ministers to assist him. This made Wei Hou, who was already unhappy with Wu Qi, even more tired of him.

Marquis Wen of Wei left Wei a rich political legacy, as well as a powerful Wei state that dominated the princes. Li Kui and Zhai Huang were prime ministers, assisting him in governing the government, but it didn't take long for Li Kui to die of illness.

Before Li Kui died, he suggested to the Marquis of Wei to appoint Wu Qi as the prime minister, but the Marquis of Wei did not agree.

After Li Kui's death, when Wei Hou asked Zhai Huang who could be the prime minister, Zhai Huang also suggested appointing Wu Qi as the prime minister, and the two important ministers recommended Wu Qi, which made Wei Hou a little hesitant.

And at this critical period, the secret guard of Huai State said to Tian Wen of the Marquis of Wei: "The monarch is unwilling to appoint Wu Qi as the prime minister, and he can't find a reason, why don't you go to the court?" ”

Tian Wendao: "Wu Qigong is high, how to speak?" ”

"Doesn't the king hear the merits of the lord, and there is no seal?"

Tian Wen was overjoyed, and immediately went to the palace to see Wei Hou Jin and said: "Wu Qi seized the West River, opened the county, expanded the land for thousands of miles, organized and trained the soldiers, and the soldiers were convinced, such a great achievement, the people in the country only know Wu Qi, but do not know the monarch, if Wu Qi worships the prime minister, the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, is this Wei State or your Wei State?" The minister was very worried about this. ”

When Wei Hou heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately said: "Tian Qing is good at government affairs and proficient in agricultural affairs, so let Qing assist Gu in governing the country!" ”

Tian Wen was overjoyed in his heart, and he really let him hold a high position as the prime minister.

Wei Hou arranged for his favorite Tian Wen to serve as Xiangguo, Tian Wen's talent is not outstanding, and it can even be said to be mediocre, but because he understands Wei Hou's mind, he can make Wei Hou happy every time he does things, so he is very valued by Wei Hou.

After Wu Qi heard about Li Kui's death, he felt that he should take over the phase, but it turned out that Tian Wen, who was far inferior to himself, took over the phase, which made Wu Qi very dissatisfied. said in private, Tian Wen is far inferior to me in terms of merit and ability, but he can worship the prime minister, and Wei Hou is unfair.

Hearing Wu Qi's words, Xu Ke, a disciple of the Gong clan sent by Huaiguo, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "You can hear that the merit is high and the lord is shocked, and there is no seal?" ”

Wu Qi was stunned when he heard this.

"Jun compiled and trained Wei Wushu, attacked Qin in the west, opened Xihe County, attacked Yidi in the north, established Shang County, defeated Chu in the south, defeated Qi in the east, expanded the land for thousands of miles, and made high achievements, the first monarch Wenhou was broad-minded, knew people and made good use of them, Jun was naturally like a fish in water, and now the new monarch has just been established, the lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and Wu Jun is in the phase again, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of death!"

Wu Qi was silent for a moment, and immediately thanked Xu Ke: "Thank you for your kind words, I have been taught." ”

"Wu Jun, please hurry up, Jun teaches us to change the law and strategy, he is the teacher of my generation, how can I be worshiped by you?" Xu Ke hurriedly dissuaded.

"If I don't have this at the table, I'm afraid I will be killed!" Wu Qi insisted on bowing to Xu Ke.

And after understanding this truth, Wu Qi no longer talked about merit.

Originally, this matter seemed to have passed like this, but I don't know what happened, and Wu Qi's words of complaint didn't know how, but they reached Wei Hou's ears. After hearing Wu Qi's complaints, Wei Hou's face was a little unpleasant, but on the surface, Wei Hou didn't say much, but praised Wu Qi as the pillar of the country, and added food to Wu Qi and rewarded him with gold and silver.

It's just that what he thinks in private, then it is unknown.

The Marquis of Wei still appointed Wu Qi as the county guard of Xihe County and led the Wei Wushu. Originally, the officials of Xihe County were all rewarded by Wu Qi, because Xihe County faced the Qin State.

Now that Wu Qi had defeated the Qin army, the Qin state had weakened and had attacked by force, and the Marquis of Wei began to draw officials from other places into Xihe County, and then promoted and transferred officials from Hexi County to other places. At the same time, those who made great contributions to the Wei Wushu army were vigorously promoted and rewarded, and they were also transferred to other places.

It all looked like a normal personnel transfer and didn't attract much attention. More people noticed the Marquis of Wei's appointment of Tian Wen as the prime minister.

The employment system of the Marquis of Wei led to a change in the Wei State from the previous corporal of etiquette and meritocracy. During the period of Marquis Wen of Wei, as long as you were talented and willing to serve Marquis Wei, you could get the reward of official titles, but now, this system has gradually changed.

At the same time, on the other hand, most of the ministers promoted by Wei Wenhou were named nobles because of their merits, and these people began to gradually change to the appearance they once hated the most.

These people are talented, but it does not mean that their children and grandchildren are also talented, so they were originally appointed by abolishing the aristocratic system and receiving rewards for their meritorious service, and they began to oppose the system of eclectic employment. The dragon slayer becoming a dragon has always been staged.

It can only be said that there are only individuals who betray the class, and there will be no class that betrays the class.

After these people became aristocratic ministers, they naturally didn't want their heirs to become the heads of Qianqian again in the future. With the help of these people, the original Wei Wenhou period, the eclectic and meritocratic way of employing people gradually disappeared. As a consequence, Wei began to lose talent to other countries.

(End of chapter)